Music and Beyond has released the complete lineup for its 2023 festival, which runs from July 4 to 17. This year’s edition encompasses 70 concerts and events featuring orchestras, bands, choirs, recitals, small ensembles, and world music. Plus, “beyond” events that link music with other art forms and cultural disciplines.
The festival lineup includes well-known international performers and acclaimed Canadian musicians. One of the most ambitious festival events is a performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks on July 7 at 10pm. The music will be performed live at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, synchronized with a live fireworks show on the Ottawa River. People can enjoy the live indoor performance and watch the fireworks on a screen, or take in the fireworks free of charge on the banks of the Ottawa River and livestream the show on their devices.
Some of the featured artists at Music and Beyond. Image provided.
Some of the other festival highlights include:
- An evening with Tomson Highway (recipient of the 2022 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement) melding classical and jazz music with Highway reading from some of his many plays and novels
- Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, performed by star violinist Kerson Leong and Thirteen Strings, conducted by Kevin Mallon
- Ottawa cellist Bryan Cheng, who won first prize at the 2019 Montreal Symphony Competition
- Grammy-winning all-male chorus Chanticleer singing a program of traditional and modern songs under the theme Labyrinths
- Jazz superstar Marcus Roberts performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue as part of a jazz-big band-classical summit with Canadian trumpeter Jens Lindemann and an all-star group of performers
- A screening of the film Tango in the Dark which features dance company Pointetango, with the score performed live by Payadora Tango Ensemble
Also, there are free outdoor concerts at Dundonald Park, family-oriented daytime music events at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, and an opportunity to sing with the world’s most popular choral composer, John Rutter.
The full festival schedule and tickets are now available on the Music and Beyond website. Please consult the individual venue websites for accessibility information.
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